Poetry is a space to experiment with language — communications through this medium enables deeper emotional expression. This ...

O n that day when the soul dresses in white and the heart beats stronger, every word spoken takes on an eternal meaning.

One of the striking shifts in contemporary poetry is the way young poets are redefining the portrayal of the timeless theme, ...

We were looking for poetry that had struck its readers, for whatever reasons, as unforgettable, enduring, and influential: ...

At just 16 years old, Kyo Lee of Waterloo became the youngest person to win the CBC Poetry Prize. That was in 2023. Now at 18 ...

He’s a perceptive reader, and he has a knack for writing about poems in ways that lend shape and even excitement to the act of reading and thinking about them. He’s also comfortable ignoring some of ...

In a development project as big as Sharswood, there was a lot of cement being poured. That opened up possibilities — and a ...

An open mic poetry event focusing on the complexities of love with the English Majors and Minors club was hosted on March 14. Held once every month, the event provides students an opportunity to ...

No other season evokes such joy, love and wistful nostalgia, and we’ve selected 15 Christmas poems that perfectly capture all those sentiments with a pretty ribbon on top. As a longtime poetry ...

The Bittersweet Work of Tending a Changing World” (Broadleaf Books, 2024) delivers a message of change, evolution, ...

Were you conditioned by academia to think that love poems, short poems, funeral poems and other forms of poetry are stuffy, profound waxings on the natural world and the human condition?

It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. FOR this Nostalgia edition we wanted to take a look at International Haiku Poetry Day. This is the day the whole world honours the Japanese ...